The Maids

Fri Feb 07, 2014 to
Thu Mar 06, 2014

20:30

Location

THOC Warehouse
Kampou 29
Strovolos, Nicosia 2030

Krama Theater
Phone: 99758131

Description

Krama Theater presents "The Maids" (French: Les Bonnes), a play by the French dramatist Jean Genet.

Genet loosely based his play on the infamous Papin sisters, Lea and Christine, who brutally murdered their employer and her daughter in Le Mans, France, in 1933, although the play is not the story of the Papin sisters as such.

Plot:
Solange and Claire are two housemaids who construct elaborate sadomasochistic rituals when their mistress (Madame) is away. The focus of their role-playing is the murder of Madame and they take turns portraying both sides of the power divide. Their deliberate pace and devotion to detail guarantees that they always fail to actualize their fantasies by ceremoniously "killing" Madame at the ritual's dénouement.

(in Greek)